Article-holding attachment for the arm.



W. B'. NICOL'L. ARTICLE HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR THE ARM.

l APPLICATION FILED DEC.27. I911.

1,2743 1 2. Patented Jul 30, 191

INVENTUR H15. M'co/l A TTORNEYS WILLIAM B. NICOLL, OF FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO, CANADAs ARTICLE-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR THE ARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 30, 1918.

- Application filed December 27, 1917. Serial No. 209,159.

I '0 all whom it may. concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. Nroonn, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Fort William, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Article-Holding Attachment for the Arm, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an-attachment adapted to be worn on the forearm by clerks, salesladies, pupils and others, for holding pens, pencils and similar articles in a convenient manner always available for use, and the attachment also includes a penwipcr and a cushion for holding pins.

A. more specific object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which is of comparatively simple and inexpensive construction, reliable and efficient in use, and so designed that it can be easily applied to and conveniently worn on the arm adjacent the wrist.

With such objects in view, and, others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement of arts which will he set forth with particuarity in the following descrlption and claim appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate certain embodiments of the invention and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device shown in use;

Fig. 2 is an end view thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the device.

In Figs. 1 and 2 the body 1 of the device is shown as a sleeve protector which wraps around the arm in the usual manner, and on the outer surface of the body are clips or equivalent means 2 which are designed to hold pencils, pens or the like parallel with each other and parallel with the length of the arm. Suitably arranged on the body 1 is a cushion 3 for holding pins, and extending transversely and partly around the body is a pen-wiper 4 which is so related to the holding clips 2 that the pen-wiper forms a guard to protect the points of the pens and pencils from catching in articles or from being broken.

In the arrangement shown in Fig. 3 the body constitutes a curved or arcuate supporting member orpad 5 on which are the pencil and pexnholding clips 6, the pincushion'? and the pen-Wiper 8, the pad being held in place by a spring band or clip which embraces the arm, as shown.

A holding device of the character referred to is a convenient attachment adapted to be used by clerks, sales people in stores, students and others, whereby pens, pencils and other implements can be held in a conveniently available manner for ready use and without the annoyance of the pens or pencils becoming lost or their points broken, and the pin-cushion is an added advantage, since a supply of pins will always be at hand.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,

the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood 'by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A device of the class described comprising a body curved transversely and straight longitudinally to'fit the curvature of the arm, means for holdin .the said body on the arm, clips moun on the bod and having jaws disposed to hold penci s and the like parallel with the arm, and a transverse member at one end of the body to form a protector for the points of the pens 

